The Long Voyage Home
My MacBook Air just left Shanghai. Expedited shipping apparently means five days. Uggh.
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Company Party
Company parties always have free alcohol, and The Knitting Factory had amazing Scotch tonight. Amazing Scotch, an empty stomach, and no food. It takes surprising willpower to know you've had enough and walk away.
Five Worst Web Sites
After ranking my five favorite web sites, the five worst seemed the logical next step. I won't link them; on judgment day I don't want to be guilty of facilitating a visit. MySpace easily takes the top slot, with auto-playing music close behind.
Five Best Web Sites
A friend got me thinking about the five web sites I most depend on: Google, Wikipedia, IMDB, xkcd, and Fark. Wikipedia is the closest thing we have to a real Hitchhiker's Guide. Slashdot gets an honorable mention. Got anything better?
No Animals Allowed
Signs reading "No animals allowed except seeing-eye dogs" are a little asinine: the exclusion is printed text aimed at people who, by definition, can't read it. There doesn't seem to be much need to reassure the sighted.
MacBook Air Complaints Visited
Revisiting the standard MacBook Air complaints one by one: internal battery, low resolution, no optical drive, cost, footprint, mono speaker. My responses range from "so what" to "it doesn't have a toaster, either."
Another Year
I survived another year. Go figure.
TODO for 2008
My 2008 to-do list: sub-sixty-second Rubik's cube, a ham radio license, a high-altitude balloon project, Rainier, McKinley, Half Dome, and learning a back flip. Extra credit: take up residence in Hawaii.
Monumental Failures
How Addicted to Apple Are You?
Monumental Achievments
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